Crimes arrested activists are accused of:10/21/07: 20 protesters demonstrated outside a UC Berkeley professor’s home
in El Cerrito… They trespassed on his front yard, chanted slogans and
called him a murderer because of his use of animals in research.
1/27/08: Demos, including chalking, outside homes of several UC researchers.
2/20/08: 5 protesters tried to enter Westside home of a UC Santa Cruz
researcher during a child’s birthday party…
7/29/08: Fliers were left at Caffe Pergolesi in Santa Cruz with names,
addresses and phone numbers of several UCSC scientists…

Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act: Whomever uses or causes to be used any
facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of damaging or interfering
with the operations of an animal enterprise, and in connection with such
purpose intentionally places a person in reasonable fear of fear of death or
serious bodily injury to that person or an immediate family member, or
conspires or attempts to do so, by a course of conduct involving threats,
acts of vandalism, property damage, criminal trespass, harassment or
intimidation, shall be imprisoned for not more than five years.

SUMMARY: A Fresno, Calif. federal judge grants a National Meat Association
(NMA) and American Meat Institute (AMI) request to let sick, disabled
animals into the food supply — overturning an amended Calif. law (1/1/09)
in response to an HSUS investigation that exposed horrific abuse of downer
cows at the Hallmark/Westland Meat Co. in Chino, CA. The 2009 ruling strikes
down a Calif. amendment that had banned transport/marketing of downers and
let prosecutors file criminal charges against violators.TIME TO TELL THE TRUTH. DOWNLOAD THIS FACT SHEET:

PHOTO: http://www.rescuedwithlove.org/crueltycaseinmackay.htmSUMMARY:On 10/20/08, Danielle and Karen Neilson’s 7-month fox terrier,
Peanut, was abducted from their home in Queensland (Australia). Trent
William Cunniffe, 24, and Jonathon Connor Blake, 21, were arrested…
Videophone images show the puppy wails as the men slash him with garden
shears and a pocketknife — severing his nose, a front leg, rear leg and
finally, his head. Cunniffe and Blake display the amputated body parts…

Trent Cuncliffe’s case may be referred to Mental Health Court, where it
could take up to 1 year to determine if he was of sound mind at the time of
the offenses. He has been held in Mackay Base Hospital’s psychiatric ward.Jonathan Blake’s court case was remanded until 5/29/09. He is detained in
Capricornia Correctional Centre. BOTTOM LINE: Both men are still in custody.
Neither have entered pleas. Case is in limbo until May. Kinship Circle will
do it’s best to alert you to further action.

================================================================20. Grey Seals Spared In Canada’s “Other Hunt”SOURCE: 2/13/09, Grey seal nursery spared from Canadian hunthttps://community.hsus.org/humane/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=30985205SUMMARY: Is the global boycott of Canadian seafood costing the trade more
than killing baby seals brings in? Is the demand for seal products drying up
as fast as you can say “European Union ban?” Rebecca Aldworth, Director of
Wildlife Issues for Humane Society of the U.S., thinks so:

“I’ve just returned from Hay Island, Nova Scotia, where the annual hunt for
grey seals was scheduled to start. There, instead of sealers beating
defenseless pups to death with wooden bats, I stood amidst protective,
nurturing mothers and their babies. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans
and the Nova Scotia government had authorized another grey seal kill. But
processing plants told seal hunters that they would not buy the skins of the
baby grey seals, and the sealers stayed home…The grey seal pups are likely
safe for now — but the harp seals will be killed by the hundreds of
thousands. Still, there is hope for harp seals too…”

================================================================21. Iowa Pig Abuse Case Is DelayedSOURCE: 2/12/09, Trial Delayed in Iowa Hog Abuse Casehttp://www.kcrg.com/news/local/39500182.html
PHOTOS: http://www.peta.org/actioncenter/iowa_pigfarm_gallery.aspSUMMARY: Trial will be delayed for at least one person accused of abusing
hogs at a Greene County farm in western Iowa. Shelly Mauch was slated to
stand trial on (2/12/09) for animal cruelty, but County Attorney Nick
Martino says it will be delayed until at least next month (March 2009).
Mauch was one of six people arrested October 2008 after PETA released an
undercover video that showed pig abuse at a MowMar Farms. Four others are
scheduled for trial on Feb. 24, but Martino expects those to be delayed too.
Shawn Lyons, pleaded guilty to animal cruelty earlier this month.
Minnesota-based MowMar has said that it no longer employs the workers.

SUMMARY: In January 2009, Christopher Barnett. of McMinnville TN was
convicted of Class A Misdemeanor Animal Abuse. Barnett was accused/convicted
in a jury trial of filing Siberian Husky Lucas’ teeth down to the gums. His
penalties for Class A Misdemeanor Animal Abuse include:

* 75 days jail (similar cases get 48 hours; 11 months/29 days possible)* 100 hours of public (community) service

Mandatory anger management class

$5,071.50 restitution

for care of Lucas to Humane Society of Warren County

* Restriction of no future ownership of domestic animals, with the
exception of horses, as Mr. Barnett is a farrier by training and occupation* Surrender of Mr. Barnett’s Boxer to the Humane Society (the Boxer has
been in the custody of the Humane Society since the seizure of Lucas).Lucas underwent multiple surgeries at Sparta Road Veterinary Clinic and
recovered last year. Seven unsalvageable teeth were extracted and 16 root
canals performed, relieving Lucas’ pain and allowing him to eat. The Warren
County Humane Society oversaw Lucas’ adoption into a new family.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug produced
by livestock given a human gene. The drug, meant to prevent fatal blood
clots in people with a rare condition, is a human protein extracted from the
milk of genetically engineered goats. The FDA also approved the goats used
to make the drug, the first such animals cleared under guidelines to
regulate the use of transgenic animals in the nation’s drug and food supply.
Made by a company called GTC Biotherapeutics, the human anticlotting protein
is produced by a herd of 200 bioengineered goats living under carefully
controlled conditions on a farm in central Massachusetts…

SUMMARY: Michigan’s Montcalm County has been the site of a fierce debate
over animal research and the Montcalm County government. For over 30 years,
Montcalm County has maintained a contract with R & R Research to give
unadopted animals from the county’s animal shelter to the company… R & R
Research obtains animals through a process called “pound seizure.” The
relationship has been a target of animal advocates for years, with the
contract being a frequent target of opposition… In response, the County
crafted a “compromise” solution where the contract would be renewed for six
months and a Concerned Citizens Coalition would investigate the relationship
and report back to the Board of Commissioners.

SUMMARY: Los Angeles City Council voted 11 to 4 to complete a $42-million
Pachyderm Forest exhibit at L.A. Zoo…and keep its solitary Asian bull
elephant, Billy. Opponents argued that zoo elephants should be retired to
sanctuaries that mimic a wild preserve… A dozen zoos have already gotten
out of the elephant-keeping business… “This isn’t over,” said Catherine
Doyle, an elephant-welfare advocate. “We had experts from around the world
saying elephants don’t belong in zoos.” The zoo plans to bring in more Asian
elephants, an endangered species, for an ambitious breeding program.

Oral arguments in the SHAC 7 appeal were heard 1/6/09. It will be many
months before a decision is handed down… alfsg@lists.rbgi.net writes —
Judges seem to be bothered by a conflict of the Animal Enterprise Protection
Act with the First Amendment. Although that may not bring immediate relief
to prisoners still incarcerated, it may have consequences in the long run
for the enforceability of Animal Enterprise Protection Act and similar laws.

SUMMARY: A measure that sought to give university researchers extra
protection from terrorist acts by animal-rights extremists was rejected. A
South Dakota State Affairs Committee voted 11-2 to kill the bill after panel
members said current law already makes it a crime to commit all the acts
covered in the measure. Some said the measure also went too far in closing
state government records and could have made it a crime for a newspaper to
publish a story about a research project…

================================================================28. Obama Appoints A True Animal AdvocateSOURCE: 1/17/09, Cass Sunstein’s The Rights of Animals: A Short Primerhttp://www.all-creatures.org/articles/ar-therights.htmlSUMMARY: Harvard University Law School professorCass Sunstein, Obama’s
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, doesn’t eat animals. “We ought
to ban hunting,” he’s said. And: “Animals should be permitted to bring suit,
with human beings as their representatives.” Could Sunstein’s appointment
eliminate or lessen hunting, animal research, zoos, aquariums and animal
circuses? We’re rooting for you Cass!

SUMMARY: ANCHORAGE (Reuters) — Five months after suing to keep polar bears
off the U.S. threatened species list, Alaska’s government said it plans to
block federal protections for a struggling population of beluga whales in
Cook Inlet, a mature oil-producing basin. Former vice presidential hopeful
Gov. Sarah Palin said the energy-rich state believes the Endangered Species
Act protections for belugas announced in October by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration are unwarranted.

SUMMARY: Several years ago, Humane Society International asked Kinship
Circle to create a global letter campaign to European Commissioners. We
advocated enactment of a Written Declaration in the European Parliament to
ban import/export, sale and production of cat/dog fur skins in Europe. A
total ban passed and became active 1/1/09! A loophole that let commerce in
companion-animal furs not “specifically” killed for fur is closed.

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in. Kinship Circle does not engage in, nor support, any form of harassment
or unlawful activity. Nothing in this alert serves to promote such conduct.

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